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ACNS 3154 - ACO - 8 October 2002

Anglican Communion Office appoints Acting Director of Communications

The Rt Revd Onell A. Soto, retired bishop of Venezuela, has been appointed
Acting Director of Communications for the Anglican Communion whilst the
incumbent, Canon James M Rosenthal, takes a sabbatical leave until January
2003. The Revd Canon John L. Peterson (Secretary General of the Anglican
Communion) who made the appointment, said,

"While Jim is on his sabbatical, I can not think of anyone in the Anglican
Communion who could do a better job than Onell. He brings with him a rich
background in communications and a deep love of the Anglican Communion. I am
looking forward to these next three months working with Onell."

During his sabbatical, Canon Rosenthal plans to update the Essential Guide
to the Anglican Communion, published by Morehouse in 1998, as well as
travelling with the Archbishop of Canterbury and Mrs Carey to his home
diocese of Chicago. This will be Dr Carey's last visit as archbishop to a
congregation (Church of the Holy Spirit, Lake Forest).

Born in Cuba in 1932, Bishop Soto has been active in communications work for
many years and was a pioneer with Spanish-speaking publications for the
Episcopal Church, including the magazine Anglicanos. In total he has been
the founder and editor of four mission publications and, at present, he
publishes a column in Nuevo Siglo, the international paper of the Latin
American Council of Churches. The column, Rapidmsimas, is also sent through
the Internet.

Bishop Soto has served in Ecuador, El Salvador and Venezuela and for 10
years he was Mission Information Officer at the Episcopal Church Center in
New York. During the last seven years he has served as assistant bishop in
the dioceses of Atlanta and Alabama, USA.

Amongst his many tasks as Director of Communications for the Anglican
Communion, Bishop Soto has been asked to write a proposal on how the
Communion can respond to translation needs around the world in the hope that
a funding agent might take up the proposal.

He is in London for a period of three months with his wife, Nina, editor of
Dma a Dma, the Spanish version of Forward's Day by Day. The Sotos live in
Miami, Florida, and have four children and four grandchildren.

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